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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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