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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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