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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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