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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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