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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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