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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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