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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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