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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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