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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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