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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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