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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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