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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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