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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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