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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always 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 numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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