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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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