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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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