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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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