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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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