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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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