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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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