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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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