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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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