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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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