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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not 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 blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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