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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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