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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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