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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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