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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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