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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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