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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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