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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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