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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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