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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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