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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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