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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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