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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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