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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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