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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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