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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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