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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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