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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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