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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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