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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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