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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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