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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically 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 variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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