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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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