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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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