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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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