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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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