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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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 blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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