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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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