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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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