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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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