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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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