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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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