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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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