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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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