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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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