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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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