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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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