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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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