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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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