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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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