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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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