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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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