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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the 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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