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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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