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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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