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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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