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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes 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 topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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