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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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