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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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