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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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