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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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