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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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