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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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