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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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