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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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