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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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