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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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