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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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