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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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