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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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