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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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