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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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