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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores 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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