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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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