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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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