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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically 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 several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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