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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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