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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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