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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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