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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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