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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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