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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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