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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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