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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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