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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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