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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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