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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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