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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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