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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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