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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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