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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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