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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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