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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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