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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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