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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are 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 online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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