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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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