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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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