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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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