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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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