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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting 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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