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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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