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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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