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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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