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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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