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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates 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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