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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What 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 teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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