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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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