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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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