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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. 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 massive online courses are usually 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 many topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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