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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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