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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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