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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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