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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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