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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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