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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free 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 several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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