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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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