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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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