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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners 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 numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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