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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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