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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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