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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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