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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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