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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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