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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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