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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners 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 e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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