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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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