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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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