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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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