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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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