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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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