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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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