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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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