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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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