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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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