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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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