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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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