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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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