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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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