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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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