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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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