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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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