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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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