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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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