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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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