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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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