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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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