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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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