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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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