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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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