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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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