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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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