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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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