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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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