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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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