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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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