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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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