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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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