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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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