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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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