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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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