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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education enable learners all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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