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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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