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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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