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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not 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 learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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