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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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