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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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