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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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