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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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