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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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