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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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