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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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