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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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