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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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