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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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