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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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