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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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