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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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