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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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