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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are 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 a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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