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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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