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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are 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 many topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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