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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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