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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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