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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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