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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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