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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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