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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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