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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key 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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