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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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