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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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