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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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