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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)