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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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