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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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