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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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