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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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