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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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