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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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