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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free 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 issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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