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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education