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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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