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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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