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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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