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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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