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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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