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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the 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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