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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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