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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always 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 blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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