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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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