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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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