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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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