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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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