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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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