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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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