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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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