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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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