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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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