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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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