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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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