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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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