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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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