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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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