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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key 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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