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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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