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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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