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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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