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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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