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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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