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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key 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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