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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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