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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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