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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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