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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning enable students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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