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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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