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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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