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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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