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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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