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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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