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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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