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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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