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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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