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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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