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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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