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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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