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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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