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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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