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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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