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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners 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 lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the 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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