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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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