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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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