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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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