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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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