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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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