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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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