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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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