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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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