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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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