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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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