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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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