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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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