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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the 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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