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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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