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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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