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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key 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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