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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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