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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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