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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally 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 topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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