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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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