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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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