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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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