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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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