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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key 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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