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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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