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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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