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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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