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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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