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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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