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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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