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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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