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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for learners 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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