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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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