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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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