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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are usually 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 lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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