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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly 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 scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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