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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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