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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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