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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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