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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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