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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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