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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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