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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free 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 variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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