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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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