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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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