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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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