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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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