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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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