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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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