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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the 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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