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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning enable learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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