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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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