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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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