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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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