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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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