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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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