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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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