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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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