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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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