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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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