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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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