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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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