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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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