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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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