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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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