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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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