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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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