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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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