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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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