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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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