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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key 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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