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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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