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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major 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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