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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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