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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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