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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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