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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are normally free for students 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 several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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