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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally 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 blended learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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