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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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