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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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