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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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