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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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