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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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