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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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