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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not 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 have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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