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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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