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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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