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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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