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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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