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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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