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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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