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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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