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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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