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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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