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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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