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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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