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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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