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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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