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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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