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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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