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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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