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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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