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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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