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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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