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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the 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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