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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants 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. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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