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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always 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 organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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