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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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