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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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