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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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