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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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