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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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