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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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