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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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