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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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