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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally 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 have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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