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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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