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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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