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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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