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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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