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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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