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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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