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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are commonly 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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