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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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