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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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