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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always 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. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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