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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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