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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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