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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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