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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs 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. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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