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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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