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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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