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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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