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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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