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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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