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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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