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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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