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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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