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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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