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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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