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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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