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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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