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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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