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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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