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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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