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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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