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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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