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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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