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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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