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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major 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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