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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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