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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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