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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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