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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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