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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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