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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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