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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. 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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