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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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