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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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