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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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