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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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