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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally 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 lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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