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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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