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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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