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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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