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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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