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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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