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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners 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 institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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