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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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