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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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