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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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