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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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