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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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