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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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