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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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