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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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