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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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