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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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