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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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