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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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