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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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