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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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