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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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