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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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