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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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