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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important 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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