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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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