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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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