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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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