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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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