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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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