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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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