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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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