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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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