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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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