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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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