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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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