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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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