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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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