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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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