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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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