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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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