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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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