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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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