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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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