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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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