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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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