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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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