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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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