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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Togo to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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