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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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