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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are 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 issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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