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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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