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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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