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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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