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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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