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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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