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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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