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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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