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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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