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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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