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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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