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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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