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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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