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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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