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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always 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 several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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