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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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