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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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