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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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