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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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