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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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