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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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