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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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