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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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