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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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