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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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