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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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