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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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