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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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