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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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