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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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