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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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