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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally 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 institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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