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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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