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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 several issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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