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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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