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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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