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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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