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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not 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 education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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