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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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