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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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